September Newsletter
This Month's Feature:
Cyprus Being Offered
As a New Holiday Destination for the UAE Traveller
Dubai, UAE - The Cyprus Tourism Organisation regional
office based in Dubai is excited to announce the creation
of its newsletter. “Our aim is to inform travel
professionals and potential vacationers about Cyprus
and to keep them updated on what the island has to
offer,” says Director Vassilis Theocharides.
The newsletter will be circulated on a monthly basis,
in both Arabic and English.
With the holiday season well under way, more and more
Gulf and Middle East based travellers are searching
for new destinations for their vacations. Traditional
European cities and the Far East still dominate travel
trends this year. However, a new destination is being
offered as an alternative: the Mediterranean island
of Cyprus.
Situated in the south eastern Mediterranean basin,
only 3 hours by plane from Dubai, Cyprus is now being
offered as a new short-haul destination for the GCC.
The island is already a favourite among European and
Lebanese visitors, and has 2.5 million visitors per
year, compared to its population of 800,000. “With
breathtaking landscapes, sandy beaches, green pine
covered mountains and a smiling populace, Cyprus is
a fresh destination for GCC travellers. It’s
a great alternative to long distance destinations
for families, which can be tiring,” relates
Theocharides, who heads the newly opened office of
the Cyprus Tourism Organization in Dubai.
For travellers wishing to discover new destinations,
Cyprus offers family-oriented holidays in the beauty
of the Mediterranean. Cyprus is just a 3-hour flight
away, and Gulf visitors can get a visa within two
days at the Cyprus Trade Centre in Al Ghurair City
in Dubai or at the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
Opera comes to Cyprus
With a cultural heritage stretching back more than
nine thousand years, cultural events like those taking
place in front of the medieval castle of Kato Pafos
look more than natural. Cyprus is littered with reminders
of the island's history. Relics from every era—Greek
temples, Roman mosaics and 15th-century frescoes—influence
the artists of today. Many villages specialize in
a particular art form, and as you travel around Cyprus
you'll see pottery, silver and copperware, basket
weaving, tapestry and Lefkara's famous lacework.
Paphos, the westernmost city in Cyprus, is hosting
once more one of the regions most awaited cultural
events, the Paphos Aphrodite Festival. Every year,
Europe’s leading philharmonic orchestras are
brought to the scenic Paphos castle for an enchanting
night at the opera. Casual holiday clothes are traded
for smart threads, and the town falls into the charm
of an opera night.
This year, the Paphos Aphrodite Festival is presenting
its seventh operatic production with Giuseppe Verdi’s
La Traviata, performed by the National Opera of Poland,
opening on the 3rd of September. The Festival brings
opera to the island every September, inviting locals
and visitors to a night of magic, lavish scenery and
gifted vocal artists. Following the successful staging
of Aida (1999), Carmen (2000), Nabucco and Zorba the
Greek (2001), Turandot (2002) and Tosca (2003), the
organisers are offering yet another unique experience
with Verdi’s Rigoletto. This year’s operatic
presentation will be enhanced by the introduction
of super titles translating the libretto into Greek
and English above the stage.
Around 7,500 tickets are available for the three nights.
Interested parties should call immediately for tickets,
which range from 150-350 Dirhams.
For further details, please call 00357 26-822218 or
the Cyprus Tourism Office in Dubai at 04-2277637.
You can also email tourism@cyprusme.com or visit the
official Paphos Aphrodite Festival website: www.pafc.com.cy.
FORUM
Name of event: 1st International Sport Tourism Forum
Dates: 27th - 28th September 2005
Venue: Hilton Park Hotel, Lefkosia, Cyprus
Athos Ltd. is organising the 1st International SPORT
TOURISM FORUM taking place this year in Cyprus on
September 27th & 28th, 2005, at the Hilton Park
Hotel Lefkosia.
The target is to create a new yearly institution
that offers a dynamic international platform for Sport
Tourism professionals and academics to exchange their
experience in the growing sector of worldwide tourism
development and create new business contacts. The
conference will give the opportunity to examine all
positive effects of Sport Tourism in each country
such as receiving tourists desiring to combine their
holidays with physical activity and recreation, organising
sport excursions and camps for schools, welcoming
amateur and professional athletes for training purposes
and hosting major sport events, thus attracting tourists
from around the world, enhancing and extending the
traditional local tourism season.
The forum dates coincide with World Tourism Day,
highlighting the remarkable growth of Sport Tourism
and its incredible potential.
For further details please contact the organizers
of the forum:
Athos Ltd.
tel.: (+30) 210 6627981
fax: (+30) 210 6624282
e-mail: ecoq@otenet.gr,
info@ecoq.gr
(source: www.traveldailynews.com)
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